Allegheny County Council rejects restoring some leg shackle use at county jail

The Allegheny County Jail on Second Avenue between Downtown Pittsburgh and the city’s Uptown neighborhood.

Allegheny County Council struck down a measure Wednesday night to partly reverse the ban on restraining prisoners with leg shackles.

The ordinance, sent to council by Allegheny County Jail corrections officers through a citizens’ initiative process, would have allowed the use of leg shackles when incarcerated people leave the facility for medical care…

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